Suntrodden - Suntrodden III

URL: https://www.suntrodden.com/

There is one general musical reference here that might not be overly obvious to everyone. To me though, there are some definite musical links to the Bee Gees on this five-song album. As far as I’m concerned that’s a good thing because I’m an extremely avid Bee Gees fan. Sure, part of that link comes from the falsetto vocals, but there are other comparisons to be made, too. Some of the ways the songs are actually built feels related to the way the Brothers Gibb constructed songs. Just the general vocal lines give off a bit of that vibe, as well. That’s in terms of the melody lines and the delivery, really.

Kama Ruby - "Mistake"

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kamaruby’

Kama Ruby is originally from Bakersfield, California. She’s been a performer since she was small child. She deftly plies that trade these days as a jazz singer. That’s not her only performing outlet, though. She also performs as an actress and as a dancer. This new two-song single is presented as a part of the publicity push for her new full album.

The new set is her third album. It follows the debut “Kama Ruby, Straight-up & Chilled” and its follow-up “Kama Ruby: Rock Dreams in Jazz.” You might guess from her description as a jazz singer (along with the titles to the albums) that a lot of Ruby’s sound is truly rooted in jazz. That’s a safe bet, and fairly accurate. She brings in a number of other musical styles, though. In other words, this is not pure jazz by my definition, really. Of course, jazz these days is a wide-palette that encompasses a lot of things, so you might disagree with that call depending on your own personal definition. That’s one thing interesting about musical styles. There is a real personal dynamic to where the lines are drawn from one sound to another.

Kazyak - 'Happy Camping'

URL: https://kazyak.com/

Kazyak is a five-member band that deals in the best of indie rock. Their third album is called Happy Camping, and it consists of six culture-infused tracks that will take listeners back to the woods.

The first thing one notices after sitting down to the band’s latest album is that the songs are vastly the same, yet eerily different. When the album is played track after track, you get a sense of hauntingly pure voices, perfect harmonization, and intriguing instrumentation. Song after song allows a listener delve into melancholy tunes and smooth beats that will make anyone forget that they were thinking about anything. That’s good news for those looking for meditative music.

Paul Kloschinsky - Crime of Passion

YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kloschin1

Paul Kloschinsky’s songwriting talents have earned him considerable attention and acclaim as an independent artist with a strong do it yourself ethic to his recordings. The latest release from this British Columbia based performer and writer, Crime of Passion, sparkles with the same poetry and feeling personifying his earlier collections. Kloschinsky has a distinctive approach to his performances different from many other artists working in this area – there’s a balance between raw intimacy and studied distance here that achieves real effects on the audience. Kloschinsky often sounds like a singer and musician playing for you just at the bleary-eyed edge of morning; dream-like, hazy, but aching with genuine form and meaning. The traditional aspects to the eight songs on Crime of Passion are fluent invocations of the human experience and musically entertaining each time out. Kloschinsky is a polished writer and performer who is clearly improving with age and has yet to reach any sort of downturn in songwriting quality.

Sam Green

NAPSTER: https://us.napster.com/artist/sam-green-and-the-time-machine/album/which-way-left

Sam Green likes to be a part of a community and part of a creative production company in his own right at a young age and in 6th grade at State School Ripponlea he was privileged to run and be in- charge of the program with his 8-millimeter camera making cartoons and films. By the time of the 8th grade Central School and Recreation times in the mountains of the Dandenong hills near Melbourne, just kicking ass singing for his breakfast lunch and tea. In the tents supplied in the camping facilities. Always adventurous living life enjoying the Wilderness and the sounds of Wildlife talking taking pictures of wild. Australia breeds all kinds of talent, and folk-pop artist Sam Green has a lot of releases under his belt. This one being Sam Green and the Time Machine, Which Way Left? “Dandeong Ranges” kicks the CD off with a pretty good ditty about the hills near home in Melbourne, AU. This is a slow-moving track, especially in the vocal department. But if you keep an ear to the backing track you’ll clearly hear some well- arranged strings to give you an idea where the music is coming from in a more serious light. The vocals might not be the strong point, and that’s a given across the board. But the lyrics make up for it.

Post-Metal debut album review inquiry

Hi there Indie Music Reviews, we are Ordeal & Plight, a fresh three-piece instrumental post-metal/doom band from Dortmund, Germany. We know you guys are pretty busy so I’ll try to keep it short: We have released our self-titled debut LP on January 13th this year and would love to get it reviewed. We would of course distribute your review among all our channels. Coming from different musical backgrounds such as jazz, folk rock, or black metal, we experiment with each of them to create a sound that is both light and clean, heavy and dark, thus playing with all kinds of contrasts to take listeners on an emotional and metaphysical journey. We would be delighted if you could find the time to take a listen here: https://ordealplight.bandcamp.com

Who The F*ck is Dame Daniels?!

Elle Casazza drops new LP

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/ellecasazza

Elle Casazza is a Chicago based singer-songwriter who is adding a fascinating live element into her pop music which includes a mix of popular genres in the 60’s and 70’s. Elle’s eclectic lyrical style has been considerably influenced by classic artists such as Amy Winehouse, No Doubt, Stevie Wonder and Queen. On her album Proof, her voice can also be detected back to Anita Baker and others classic soul and jazz singers. This has some great songs but a lot more to explore than the usual pop parameters suggest. It might even go a step beyond what is needed to succeed in that arena which is often more limited than diverse to the degree it brings. Maybe not to the extent everyone is willing to detect, but if not it’s just as easy to call it smart pop rock and soul, combined with jazz inclinations. And that’s where it can lose classification, but so what. Everything checks out into one within all.